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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is an issue between Cedric and Rob in Chapter 8?
(a) Cleanliness.
(b) Borrowing.
(c) Having girls in the room.
(d) Late night parties.

2. Why is Cedric attending Alumni Day at Ballou?
(a) He is looking forward to seeing old friends.
(b) He wants to see his old teachers.
(c) He has been asked to speak.
(d) His mother asked him to.

3. Where do Zayd and Cedric go shopping after they become friends again in "A Place Up Ahead"?
(a) Sam Goody's.
(b) The mall.
(c) Popular Club.
(d) Eastside Market.

4. What does Cedric smell everywhere at Ballou on Alumni Day?
(a) Drugs.
(b) Body odor.
(c) Trash.
(d) Despair.

5. What will Zayd do over Thanksgiving?
(a) Stay at Brown.
(b) Go to Europe.
(c) Go to California.
(d) Go hunting with his grandfather.

6. What grade does Cedric think he got on his calculus mid-term?
(a) C.
(b) A.
(c) B.
(d) D.

7. What does Rob get that helps with the music problem in the dorm room?
(a) A different television set.
(b) $100 earphones.
(c) Noise cancelling earplugs.
(d) A new stereo.

8. What island has Cedric never heard of?
(a) Ellis Island.
(b) Staten Island.
(c) Manhattan.
(d) Mackinaw Island.

9. Why does Rob invite Cedric to at the Cafe Paragon?
(a) An impromptu get together.
(b) Zayd's birthday party.
(c) Rob's nineteenth birthday get together.
(d) A study session.

10. What is coming for Barbara as March approaches?
(a) A new job.
(b) A new boyfriend.
(c) Eviction.
(d) Another trip to Providence.

11. What is Phillip Arden sick with on parents' weekend?
(a) Strep throat.
(b) Mononucleosis.
(c) Flu.
(d) Pneumonia.

12. Who is Cedric's tutor?
(a) Helaine Schupack.
(b) His faculty advisor.
(c) Helen Smithson.
(d) A senior at Brown.

13. Who travels with Barbara to Providence for parents' weekend?
(a) Cedric Gilliam.
(b) LaTisha.
(c) Bishop Long and his wife.
(d) Neddy.

14. Who is the girl in Cedric's Richard Wright study group?
(a) Maura Wooley.
(b) Chiniqua Milligan.
(c) Judy Holliday.
(d) Sonya Garza.

15. What does Zayd not like his mother to do in front of other people?
(a) Curse.
(b) Hug him.
(c) Talk about political issues.
(d) Talk about her past.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who gives a concert at Brown on the final blowout weekend?

2. Where does Cedric go after Thanksgiving dinner?

3. How does Cedric's mother travel to Providence for parent's weekend?

4. What class does Cedric hope will teach him the thinking and writing skills he needs?

5. How is Cedric getting his belongings back home after the first year of college?

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